David Copperfield admits in the most recent edition of Maxim that concealing his passport and wallet using sleight of hand whilst being robbed in West Palm Beach, Florida several years ago… might not have been the smartest idea.

Is it true you once foiled some muggers with magic?

Yeah – it was pure stupidity. Doing magic with a gun in your face is really, really stupid. But I did it, it was a natural reaction and I did it, and I’m here to tell the tale.

So what happened?

We were in Florida, finished a show, went to eat, [and] walking back to my tour buses through a group of people, a car pulls up and a bunch of kids get out of the car. And I think they are asking me for my autograph, and they looked at me and they didn’t know who the hell I was, and they pointed guns at us. And I was like, that’s not an autograph, that’s not a pen, that’s a gun in my face! And they say, “Give us your money.” And the girls smartly handed over their purses and wallets, and I had a passport and a wallet in my pocket and kept them concealed. I showed my pockets empty, and the girls gave them their stuff, and they left.

A word to the wise…

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